Featured In the September 2021 issue of Roadracing World:    

        There’s an old saying when it comes to helmet design and safety: Tell me exactly what kind of crash you are going to have, and I will design the perfect helmet for it. Damper rod front suspension kind of falls into that category. Damper rod forks can be made to work pretty well for one specific type of input. Any deviation from that, and the forks’ effectiveness goes down rapidly. 

        There are solutions to the shortcomings of damper rod forks. The problem is that they tend to be rather expensive, or they require skills that many home mechanics do not possess. This is a real problem, because the type of motorcycle that will come stock with damper rod forks is most likely one that is inexpensive. That bike’s owner will be less inclined to spend a bunch of money on an upgrade or less likely to have the capability to perform complicated upgrades. 

        Traxxion Dynamics looked around at the potential market for improvement kits for damper rod forks, evaluated the products that are available, and came up with one that provides a more sophisticated damping curve and is easier to install than full cartridge kits…

             —Tried & Tested: Traxxion Dynamics AR-25 Axxion Rod Damper Kit, by Michael Gougis

Traxxion Dynamics’s AR-25 Axxion Rod Damper kit is designed to provide significant improvement in inexpensive front-end suspension units without spending half the cost of the bike. Read how easy the kit is to install and how well it works – all in the latest Roadracing World!

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